You missed an "n't", but no, in general, I don't do or get poetry. I did like the piece you did about story-writing the other day though: lots of nice 'posh' words in it without sounding pretentious (to me anyway). Love you.
At the moment, only very slightly. Punctuation and spelling mistakes mainly, and for those it’s mainly the digital version that is wrong and I’m noticing as I carefully read. I did change one word from depression to autism - given my new found understanding but left the depression struck through. Occasionally, I’ve reversed the order of a couple of words when writing out, the old dyslexia brain pulling a funny, and I’ve sometimes left them as is and altered the digital copy because they either work better or make zero difference, and sometimes I cut the page out and start again. Some poems already have two drafts where I’ve previously either extended or significantly redrafted. And at the moment I’m still in older poems so they seem to have more permanence. It will be interesting when I get to more recent stuff. I’m not even sure I’ll write it out until I’m sure it’s good enough to stop fiddling with.
Hmm. I think there's a strong argument for leaving them in their original form for this project. It's like a re-recording in a way. A diary in poetry form. Love the concept so much .
I tend to write on a device (computer, tablet, phone) because the internet is my brain’s index and recall subroutine - I throw words and data at the web to try drag things out of my mind’s messy hoard. However, you could say one of my autistic “special interests” is stationery, particularly fountain pens, so they do get a workout when I loosen my grip on control a little, and allow myself to err on a “fix-it-later” basis. This - loosening control constraints - is something I’m trying to do more of in a lot of areas, for mental health/illness reasons
(Fwiw, my favourite pen to write with is a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 (clear demonstrator) with medium nib; my favourite ink so far is de Atramentis silver grey; and my favourite notebooks are Midori MD, though like many I’m partial to any notebook with Tomoe River paper).
“Analogue” writing changes things, the way my mind works. It’s uncomfortable because it’s a change, but like my walking it feels like an important change to something I didn’t know was wanting in me.
I have a dark green Waterman with a medium nib, but it’s old (over 30 years) and has a lot of use and the nib is too thick now. I have now a red Ellington (cheap ish but still seems good) with fine nib and that’s serving me well. The Waterman has either purple or green ink in often Waterman ink. The Ellington has dark red ink ‘Writers Blood’ in from Diamine. I’ve also got, black, blue, brown, and teal inks. I like me a good notebook etc but don’t go quiet as far as knowing the type of paper in it.
Tomoe River is a somewhat legendary Japanese paper among fountain pen “enthusiasts”, so an exception to normal knowledge. Apart from its pretenders I do not know so much. I like Rhodia and Clairefontaine too, nice for FP writing.
My adult child is much more into the intricacies than me and loves anything Japanese so I bet they would know. They have many, many pots of ink and many, many pens. I’m just happy if the paper doesn’t bleed or show through to the other side, and the pen isn’t scratchy.
I think the whole endeavour is beautiful. It’s like you’ve decided to hang out with your ‘mistakes’ and struggle points. To be with, instead of what we all would rather do and banish them with technological might. Something like this.
I write all poems by hand. I rewrite and rewrite them that way too. Probably obsessive. Sometimes I make last minute changes on screen.
The complete opposite to me. I make notes, change, and edit, and rewrite on the screen over and over. Last min changes come when I write out neatly.
You missed an "n't", but no, in general, I don't do or get poetry. I did like the piece you did about story-writing the other day though: lots of nice 'posh' words in it without sounding pretentious (to me anyway). Love you.
Remedied. You can just be my editor.
Beautiful idea - interesting on so any levels. Are you tempted to redraft as you write?
At the moment, only very slightly. Punctuation and spelling mistakes mainly, and for those it’s mainly the digital version that is wrong and I’m noticing as I carefully read. I did change one word from depression to autism - given my new found understanding but left the depression struck through. Occasionally, I’ve reversed the order of a couple of words when writing out, the old dyslexia brain pulling a funny, and I’ve sometimes left them as is and altered the digital copy because they either work better or make zero difference, and sometimes I cut the page out and start again. Some poems already have two drafts where I’ve previously either extended or significantly redrafted. And at the moment I’m still in older poems so they seem to have more permanence. It will be interesting when I get to more recent stuff. I’m not even sure I’ll write it out until I’m sure it’s good enough to stop fiddling with.
But briefly, no not yet.
Hmm. I think there's a strong argument for leaving them in their original form for this project. It's like a re-recording in a way. A diary in poetry form. Love the concept so much .
Books. In bags. With boxes Pure joy. Also, I adore yur flamboyant 8's ~
I mean, what more could there be to a book. It’s so decadent! The bag is velvety too and you just want to stroke it.
My 8s thank you and assure you they are the most flamboyant but that other numbers are also special in their own ways.
I tend to write on a device (computer, tablet, phone) because the internet is my brain’s index and recall subroutine - I throw words and data at the web to try drag things out of my mind’s messy hoard. However, you could say one of my autistic “special interests” is stationery, particularly fountain pens, so they do get a workout when I loosen my grip on control a little, and allow myself to err on a “fix-it-later” basis. This - loosening control constraints - is something I’m trying to do more of in a lot of areas, for mental health/illness reasons
(Fwiw, my favourite pen to write with is a Pilot Custom Heritage 92 (clear demonstrator) with medium nib; my favourite ink so far is de Atramentis silver grey; and my favourite notebooks are Midori MD, though like many I’m partial to any notebook with Tomoe River paper).
“Analogue” writing changes things, the way my mind works. It’s uncomfortable because it’s a change, but like my walking it feels like an important change to something I didn’t know was wanting in me.
I have a dark green Waterman with a medium nib, but it’s old (over 30 years) and has a lot of use and the nib is too thick now. I have now a red Ellington (cheap ish but still seems good) with fine nib and that’s serving me well. The Waterman has either purple or green ink in often Waterman ink. The Ellington has dark red ink ‘Writers Blood’ in from Diamine. I’ve also got, black, blue, brown, and teal inks. I like me a good notebook etc but don’t go quiet as far as knowing the type of paper in it.
Tomoe River is a somewhat legendary Japanese paper among fountain pen “enthusiasts”, so an exception to normal knowledge. Apart from its pretenders I do not know so much. I like Rhodia and Clairefontaine too, nice for FP writing.
My adult child is much more into the intricacies than me and loves anything Japanese so I bet they would know. They have many, many pots of ink and many, many pens. I’m just happy if the paper doesn’t bleed or show through to the other side, and the pen isn’t scratchy.
Your writing is fabulous, and I love an extravagant 8!! Well done, I have often thought of writing mine by hand and bottled it... Maybe one day!!
Thank you. Go for it, it’s actually really cathartic and fun
Your 8’s are outrageous!
Beautifully so I think.
Beautiful Indeed. ❤️
I think the whole endeavour is beautiful. It’s like you’ve decided to hang out with your ‘mistakes’ and struggle points. To be with, instead of what we all would rather do and banish them with technological might. Something like this.
Thank you, lovely words. And yes, you’ve framed it well.